How Can I Merge Multiple .NET Assemblies into a Single EXE?

Combine multiple assemblies into a single unit

Having encountered challenges integrating external DLLs into an EXE project, this question delves into strategies for merging these dependencies and resolving EXE packaging issues.

Package Service Stack DLL and Azure DLL into EXE

In order to solve the problem of Service Stack DLL not being packaged, you can choose the following methods:

• ILMerge: This free tool allows you to merge multiple .NET assemblies into a single unit. Please refer to the guides here and here to learn how to use it.
• SmartAssembly (Business Edition): This commercial solution can seamlessly embed and merge assemblies without modifying source code.
• Embedding and AssemblyResolve Handler (Free): Manually mark the required dependencies as "Embedded Resources" in Visual Studio. At runtime, the AssemblyResolve handler reads from the embedded resource and returns the required DLL to the .NET runtime. This method requires minimal source code modifications but has limited functionality.

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